 Day 12
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Hunduran Coup Leaders Visit USA
Tegucigalpa - Honduran
de facto government representatives traveled
to the United States to meet with US
politicians on a visit organized by
Republican senator John McCain.
Granma daily reported that McCain, former US
presidential candidate, known for his tough
stance against Venezuela, Bolivia, and other
countries in the region, would sponsor on
Tuesday a press conference by the Honduran
coup leaders at the national Press Club in
Washington.
The delegation, composed of members of
Honduras national Congress, representatives
of the private sector and ex members of the
Judiciary, has the objective of justifying
the coup d'etat in that central American
country.
A report by the Spanish EFE news agency
confirmed the presence of these pro-coup
faction members in Washington and that the
press conference was held, in which Roberto
Flores, ex Honduran ambassador to the United
States, called the coup against Manuel
Zelaya a constitutional solution.
Flores explained that the commission would
be in the US capital until Friday and will
meet some legislators like democratic leader
Eliot Engel, republican congressman Lincoln
Diaz Balart and democratic congresswoman
Gabrielle Gifford.
John McCain is the head of a board of
directors of the International Republican
Institute, an entity considered the
international force of the US Republican
Party which was essential in the coup
against Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez in
2002.
It has worked in Hunduras in the last year
with funds of over $1.2 million by the
National Foundation for Democracy, to
influence political parties and "support
initiatives to implement political stances
during the 2009 campaigns."
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